Wokingham Choral Society

24th March, 2018 at Great Hall, University of Reading in Handel: Messiah

March 2018

Katie Holmes (Katarina Ðorđević)
Baroque violin & Orchestra Leader

Katarina holds a Master of Arts in baroque violin from the Royal Academy of Music in London where she studied with
Simon Standage and a Master of Music from the Academy of Music in Belgrade where she studied violin with Vesna Stanković.
Katarina performs regularly in UK festivals, such as the English Haydn Festival in Bridgnorth and Brecon Baroque
Festival in Wales.

Her performances in London include major venues such as the Handel House Museum, Foundling Museum, leading the
Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra for the Bach Unwrapped series at Kings Place; performing Italian music with Rachel
Podger at Wigmore Hall, regular performances of Bach with Florilegium Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, opera
performances at the Royal College of Music's Britten Theatre, and BBC Radio 3 In Tune live broadcast of Bach's
Coffee Cantata with the Royal Academy of Music baroque ensemble.

Katarina regularly performs as leader and soloist of the Belgrade Early Music Studio period instruments ensemble,
New Trinity Baroque, New Belgrade Opera, Belgrade Festival of Early Music and Makris Symphony Orchestra in her
hometown Belgrade, Serbia.